Combined corn-husker and fodder-cutter



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No. 422,932. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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T. A. GALT & G. s. TRACY. COMBINED CORN HUSKERAND'FODDER CUTTER.

No. 422,932. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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No. 422,932. Patented Mainll 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. GALT AND GEORGE S. TRACY, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CORN-HUSKER AND FODDER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,932, dated March11, 1890.

Application filed March 16, 1887. Serial No. 281,201. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, THOMAS A. GALT and GEORGE S. TRACY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Sterling, in the county of \Vhiteside andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOombined Corn-Huskers and Fodder-Cutters; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference .inarked thereon, which forma part of thisspecification.

\ tion of a machine embodying our invention,

exhibiting in a general Way the location and interrelation of theseveral parts involved. Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of the machine,showing the relation of thehusking apparatus. and that of the cutting orchopping mechanism. Fig.3 is a vertical crosssection of thehusking-rolls on line 00 0c of Fig. 2. a partial vertical section, online X X of Fig. 2, just in front of the s'nappi11g-rollers.' Fig. 5 isan end elevation in dotted lines of the snapping-roller and cutter. Fig.6 is'a detail View of the feed and snapping rollers. Fig. 7 is a detailin outline of the relative position of the main operative parts. Fig. 8is a crosssection of the feed and snapping rollers. Fig. 9 is a detailin elevation showing the construction of the spiral cutter.

A is the frame of the machine, supported for convenience upon. fourcarrying-wheels.

B is a feed-table from which the fodder is fed between two transversefeed and snapping rollers O and D, placed parallel with each other, andone above the other transversely of the machine, one of which rollers isyielding. These rollers, which we have somewhat improved, are showndistinctly in Fig. 6, the view there being of the inner or exit side ofsaid rollers. The lower roller 0 Fig. 4 is.

is provided on its periphery with the longitudinal grooves a. The upperroller D is provided on its periphery with three species of ribs, towit: spiral ribs b, and annular transverse ribs 0, and the longitudinalribs cl.

The function of the rollers O and D is to feed the fodder from thefeed-table B to the cutting or chopping mechanism, and in thetransmission to crush the feed and stalks and break or snap from thestalk the ear and permit the latter to drop back upon thehuskingrollers, which are below the snapping-rollers and at right anglesthereto. The purpose of the spiral ribs 17 is to draw the fodder throughwith a continuous spiral action. In this operation the fodder, if sopermitted, would be carried toward one end of the rollers, and thereforebe delivered to the cutting mechanism largely at one end of the latter.To prevent this lateral massing of the fodder annular transverse ribs 0are interposed at proper intervals in the path of the spiral ribs b andserve to check the lateral drawing of the fodder beyond the location ofthe ribs 0, and

thereby the rollers deliver the fodder in an even and uniform manner tothe cutting mechanism. The function of the longitudinal ribs (1 is tofurther assist in causing the progress of the fodder between saidrollers.

The rollers O and D are rotated by means of a gear-wheel E on the end ofthe axle of the roller 0, to which power is applied in any suitablemanner. Between the gear E and the frame Aon the shaft of the roller Cis a fixed pinion F, which intermeshes with the like pinion F on theaxle of the roller D. The adjacent surfaces of rollers O and D rotate inthe direction from the feed-hopper B. An opening in the bottom of thefeed-table B, just in front of the rollers O and D, permits the ears,when broken from the stalk by said rollers, to drop down upon thehuskingrollers G and H, locatedbeneath said feedtable. These latterrollersG and H can be of any of the usual conformations for the purposeintended. Our preference is to have the roller G provided with spiralribs G and longitudinal ribs G At certain intersections of said ribs areinserted short teeth G extending slightly beyond the apexes of saidribs. The roller II is of a plain surface, except small recesses H" inits periphery,

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to permit the passage of the teeth G on the roller G. Thehusking-rollers G and II are driven by means of the counter-shaft I,having an external gear-wheel J, which engages the pinion F, thehusking-roller G being provided with the bevel-gear G which engages Iand is actuated by a corresponding bevel- The outer ends of thehusking-rollers being lower than the inner ends, the corn when husked isdropped off the lower end of said rollers upon the corn-elevator K,which, being seated in any suitable way at the lower end of saidhusking-rollers and driven in any suitable mode, deposits the hus'kedcorn into a wagon or any suitable receptacle, as may be desired. Thehusks are drawndown by and between the husking-rollers aforesaid, andfall upon the endless husk-apron L, 10- cated beneath said rollers andlongitudinally thereof, and are by the apron L carried forward anddeposited with the cut fodder on the elevator M, and carried by thelatter into whatever receptacle may be selected for storing the choppedfeed.

As the fodder is being carried through be tween the feed and snappingrollersC and D, the forward ends thereof are supported on a horizontalchopping-table N, placed a little below the point of contact of therollers O and D, and as the fodder is pushed over the table N by themutual revolution of the rollers, C and D the portions of the fodderprojected beyond the edge of the table N is instantly cut off by thespiral knives c, arranged in the peripheryof the cutting or choppingwheel 0, which is caused to rotate with great rapidity by suitablegearing. The knives e are attached to and carried upon the radialarms orspokes f of the cutting-wheel O. The latter rotates in such direction.that the side ter are seated spirally, in order to obtain the advantageof a shearing cut.

As the fodder is cut or chopped by the ac tion of the wheel 0, it dropsby its own gravity upon the elevator M, and is by the latter, togetherwith the husks', deposited on said elevator by the apron L, carriedupward and discharged into a wagon-box, shed, or any storage apartment,from which it can be fed as desired. By thus crushing and chopping thefodder, the latter is not only rendered suitable for convenient handlingby shovels or baskets, but is crushed and cut fine, and thus the wholeis in a condition to be more easily consumed by the stock. In suchcomminuted and crushed condition a great advantage is obtained in havingthe material in a condition to be stored in sheds or build ings, andthus protected from being bleached or having its nutriment diminishedfrom exposure to the weather. v

3 What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the'United States, is V a 1. In a corn-husker and fodder chopper, andin combination with the corrugated roller 0, the roller D, provided withthe spiral annular andlongitndinal ribs, substantially as setforth.

3 2. I11 a corn-husker z'mdfodder-chopper, the'combination' of thecorrugated roller 0, the roller D, provided with the spiral annular andlongitudinal ribs, as set forth, with" the feed-table B, thechopping-table N, placed on the side of the roller opposite to the tableB and a little below the point of contact of said rollers and thecutting-wheel O, substantially as described. a V

3. In a machine, as described, the combin'ae tion of the feed-table B,the corrugated roller '0, the roller D, provided with the'spiralanspiral annular and longitudinal ribs, substantially as set forth,andfor the purpose dc scribed.

Intestimony whereof we affiii our si ma tures in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS GAL'I. GEO. s. TRACY.

' Witnesses:

GEORGE H. DRAKE, WALTER D. REYNOLDS.

